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On 13 June the Trustees of A Village in Syria held a routine meeting. After looking at various options, including temporary learning spaces / pop-up schools and recreational activities it was agreed that A Village in Syria would continue to fund Firefly International. The reasons for this decision included: The Read more…

At a Trustee’s Meeting on 13 June 2018 the following Mission Statement was approved “We are a small UK based charity that aims to support community projects assisting Syrian refugees in Turkey or Syrians in Syria”

On 15 March we held a Debate to mark the Start of the Conflict in Syria. We made a power point presentation, which played in Augustine House, the main library of Canterbury Christ Church University Topical themes were used such as Russia’s campaign of Read more…

The event will take place at Canterbury Christ Church University, in Augustine House. The event is primarily for students and staff at CCCU If you are interested, please introduce yourself at the door The event will start at 12 noon and finish at 2 pm Read more…

Thursday 15 March 2018 marks another year in the violent history of the Syrian Conflict We are inviting a Panel of Guest Speakers to mark the occasion. The panel will include Trevor Wilmott, the Bishop of Dover Ihsan Khan, the imam at the Canterbury mosque The Lady Mayoress of Read more…

We have received a very short message from the village ” The village in very difficult situation – very little rain this year” It’s sad to read this. All the more sad because of the excess rain we are having Let’s not forget, they are an agricultural village, they need rain Read more…

A Village in Syria uses cartoons, it is safe to say there will be cartoons in the next Newsletter. The theme is “What can the general public do?” as the conflict enters its seventh year. If you have ideas and would like to join the team, please e-mail <avillageinsyria@gmail.com> Read more…

Afrin is one of three Kurdish cantons in Rojava – the others two being Kobani and Jazeera. Afrin is shown in yellow on the map, a very rugged and fairly isolated area, which until recently was overseen by the Russian – who have now withdrawn. The map is from The Read more…

THE SITUATION IN IDLIB taken from Aron Lund’s article in IRIN News (a humanitarian website) “Some 210 people are on the run in Idlib Province, more than half of them are minors” Save the Children describes this wave as “one of the worst displacement crises of Syria’s nearly seven-year war.” Read more…